Behind Midnight's Curtain I Recompose Your Birth
Since changing pens
what I see is you
curling up
lying down for days
cursing the sun
whose sudden wholeness
chiseled you away
I rewrite
frigid nights
bone-dry goodbyes
until dawn yawns
& morning breaks
phantom limbs
About the Author: Andi (Andrea) Horowitz lives with her husband and Cairn Terrier in Fort Myers, FL. She can be read in VARIANT LIT, NEW NOTE, GHOST PRESS, GRIFFEL MAG., and others. Her book, Send Me Into A Different Ending, is coming out later this year. Andrea dreams of a world devoid of stains.
Image Credit: Antoni Kamieński “Boy Behind a Curtain” (2016) Public domain image courtesy of Artvee
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